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A Staten Island teen tried to donate a kidney to her older sister, and was shocked to discover she suffered from the same rare disease – and needed a transplant of her own.

Patients can wait years for a kidney their body will accept to free them from the disease, Alport’s Syndrome. But Diane Fasano, 38, and sister Christine, 28, needed one each while having painful dialysis.

On Monday, they found a perfect match: a set of kidneys from a middle-aged California man.

“It was unbelievable, but I was questioning it,” recalled Christine when she got the news she’s been waiting to hear for 2 ½ years. “I thought it was a prank call.”

On Tuesday, they underwent surgery together. Yesterday, both were recovering in Columbia Presbyterian Hospital.

“Most patients don’t get lucky enough to get one matched donor,” said their doctor, David Cohen.

Diane had been on the transplant waiting list since 1990, and received a kidney six years later that her body rejected. When Christine tried to donate hers, doctors discovered the terrible coincidence.